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1 awkward
Causing inconvenience.
Roget 853:
ridiculous,
ludicrous;
comical;
droll,
funny,
laughable,
pour rire,
grotesque,
farcical,
odd;
whimsical,
whimsical as a dancing bear;
fanciful,
fantastic,
queer,
rum,
quizzical,
quaint,
bizarre;
screaming;
eccentric
etc.
(unconformable)
83;
strange,
outlandish,
out of the way,
baroque,
weird;
awkward
etc.
(ugly)
846.
extravagant,
outre,
monstrous,
preposterous,
bombastic,
inflated,
stilted,
burlesque,
mock heroic.
drollish;
seriocomic,
tragicomic;
gimcrack,
contemptible
etc.
(unimportant)
643;
doggerel;
ironical
etc.
(derisive)
856;
risible.
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Roget 851:
in bad taste vulgar,
unrefined.
coarse,
indecorous,
ribald,
gross;
unseemly,
unbeseeming†,
unpresentable†;
contra bonos mores [Lat.];
ungraceful
etc.
(ugly)
846.
dowdy;
slovenly
etc.
(dirty)
653;
ungenteel,
shabby genteel;
low,
common,
hoi polloi [Gr.],
etc.
(plebeian)
876;
uncourtly†;
uncivil
etc.
(discourteous)
895;
ill bred,
ill mannered;
underbred;
ungentlemanly,
ungentlemanlike;
unladylike,
unfeminine;
wild,
wild as an unbacked colt.
untutored,
unschooled
(ignorant)
491.
unkempt.
uncombed,
untamed,
unlicked†,
unpolished,
uncouth;
plebeian;
incondite†;
heavy,
rude,
awkward;
homely,
homespun,
home bred;
provincial,
countrified,
rustic;
boorish,
clownish;
savage,
brutish,
blackguard,
rowdy,
snobbish;
barbarous,
barbaric;
Gothic,
unclassical†,
doggerel,
heathenish,
tramontane,
outlandish;
uncultivated;
Bohemian.
obsolete
etc.
(antiquated)
124;
unfashionable;
newfangled
etc.
(unfamiliar)
83;
odd
etc.
(ridiculous)
853.
particular;
affected
etc.
855;
meretricious;
extravagant,
monstrous,
horrid;
shocking
etc.
(painful)
830.
gaudy,
tawdry,
overornamented,
baroque,
rococo;
bedizened,
tricked out,
gingerbread;
obtrusive.
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Roget 579:
inelegant,
graceless,
ungraceful;
harsh,
abrupt;
dry,
stiff,
cramped,
formal,
guinde [Fr.];
forced,
labored;
artificial,
mannered,
ponderous;
awkward,
uncourtly†,
unpolished;
turgid
etc.
577;
affected,
euphuistic†;
barbarous,
uncouth,
grotesque,
rude,
crude,
halting;
offensive to ears polite.
2.
Spoken Language
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2 awkward
Lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance.
3 awkward
Difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape:
— An awkward bundle to carry.
synoniemen: bunglesome, clumsy, ungainly.
Roget 846:
ugly,
ugly as sin,
ugly as a toad,
ugly as a scarecrow,
ugly as a dead monkey;
plain,
bald
(unadorned)
849;
homely;
ordinary,
unornamental†,
inartistic;
unsightly,
unseemly,
uncomely,
unlovely;
unshapely;
sightless,
seemless†;
not fit to be seen;
unbeauteous†,
unbeautiful;
beautiless†,
semibeautiful;
shapeless
etc.
(amorphous)
241.
misshapen,
misproportioned†;
monstrous;
gaunt
etc.
(thin)
203;
dumpy
etc.
(short)
201;
curtailed of its fair proportions;
ill-made,
ill-shaped,
ill-proportioned;
crooked
etc.
(distorted)
243;
hard featured,
hard visaged;
ill-favored,
hard-favored,
evil-favored;
ill-looking;
unprepossessing,
unattractive,
uninviting,
unpleasing.
graceless,
inelegant;
ungraceful,
ungainly,
uncouth,
stiff;
rugged,
rough,
gross,
rude,
awkward,
clumsy,
slouching,
rickety;
gawky;
lumping,
lumpish†;
lumbering;
hulky†,
hulking;
unwieldy.
squalid,
haggard;
grim,
grim faced,
grim visaged;
grisly,
ghastly;
ghost like,
death like;
cadaverous,
grewsome†,
gruesome.
frightful,
hideous,
odious,
uncanny,
forbidding;
repellant,
repulsive,
repugnant,
grotesque,
bizarre;
grody [Coll.],
grody to the max [Coll.];
horrid,
horrible;
shocking
etc.
(painful)
830.
foul
etc.
(dirty)
653;
dingy
etc.
(colorless)
429;
gaudy
etc.
(color)
428;
disfigured
etc.
v.;
discolored.
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4 awkward
Not elegant or graceful in expression:
— An awkward prose style.
synoniemen: clumsy, cumbersome, ill-chosen, inapt, inept.
Roget 647:
inexpedient,
undesirable;
unadvisable,
inadvisable;
objectionable;
inapt,
ineligible,
inadmissible,
inconvenient;
incommodious,
discommodious†;
disadvantageous;
inappropriate,
unfit
etc.
(inconsonant)
24.
ill-contrived,
ill-advised;
unsatisfactory;
unprofitable
&c.;
unsubservient
etc.
(useless)
645;
inopportune
etc.
(unseasonable)
135;
out of place,
in the wrong place;
improper,
unseemly.
clumsy,
awkward;
cumbrous,
cumbersome;
lumbering,
unwieldy,
hulky†;
unmanageable
etc.
(impracticable)
704;
impedient
etc.
(in the way)
706†.
unnecessary
etc.
(redundant)
641.
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Roget 830:
causing pain,
hurting
etc.
v.;
hurtful
etc.
(bad)
649;
painful;
dolorific†,
dolorous;
unpleasant;
unpleasing,
displeasing;
disagreeable,
unpalatable,
bitter,
distasteful;
uninviting;
unwelcome;
undesirable,
undesired;
obnoxious;
unacceptable,
unpopular,
thankless.
unsatisfactory,
untoward,
unlucky,
uncomfortable.
distressing;
afflicting,
afflictive;
joyless,
cheerless,
comfortless;
dismal,
disheartening;
depressing,
depressive;
dreary,
melancholy,
grievous,
piteous;
woeful,
rueful,
mournful,
deplorable,
pitiable,
lamentable;
sad,
affecting,
touching,
pathetic.
irritating,
provoking,
stinging,
annoying,
aggravating,
mortifying,
galling;
unaccommodating,
invidious,
vexatious;
troublesome,
tiresome,
irksome,
wearisome;
plaguing,
plaguy†;
awkward.
importunate;
teasing,
pestering,
bothering,
harassing,
worrying,
tormenting,
carking.
intolerable,
insufferable,
insupportable;
unbearable,
unendurable;
past bearing;
not to be borne,
not to be endured;
more than flesh and blood can bear;
enough to drive one mad,
enough to provoke a saint,
enough to make a parson swear,
enough to gag a maggot.
shocking,
terrific,
grim,
appalling,
crushing;
dreadful,
fearful,
frightful;
thrilling,
tremendous,
dire;
heart-breaking,
heart-rending,
heart-wounding,
heart-corroding,
heart-sickening;
harrowing,
rending.
odious,
hateful,
execrable,
repulsive,
repellent,
abhorrent;
horrid,
horrible,
horrific,
horrifying;
offensive.
nauseous,
nauseating;
disgusting,
sickening,
revolting;
nasty;
loathsome,
loathful†;
fulsome;
vile
etc.
(bad)
649;
hideous
etc.
846.
sharp,
acute,
sore,
severe,
grave,
hard,
harsh,
cruel,
biting,
caustic;
cutting,
corroding,
consuming,
racking,
excruciating,
searching,
grinding,
grating,
agonizing;
envenomed;
catheretic†,
pyrotic [Med.].
ruinous,
disastrous,
calamitous,
tragical;
desolating,
withering;
burdensome,
onerous,
oppressive;
cumbrous,
cumbersome.
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Roget 699:
unskillful
etc.
698;
inexpert;
bungling
etc.
v.;
awkward,
clumsy,
unhandy,
lubberly,
gauche,
maladroit;
left-handed,
heavy-handed;
slovenly,
slatternly;
gawky.
adrift,
at fault.
inapt,
unapt;
inhabile [Fr.];
untractable†,
unteachable;
giddy
etc.
(inattentive)
458;
inconsiderate
etc.
(neglectful)
460;
stupid
etc.
499;
inactive
etc.
683;
incompetent;
unqualified,
disqualified,
ill-qualified;
unfit;
quackish;
raw,
green,
inexperienced,
rusty,
out of practice.
unaccustomed,
unused,
untrained
etc.
537,
uninitiated,
unconversant
etc.
(ignorant)
491†;
shiftless;
unstatesmanlike.
unadvised;
ill-advised,
misadvised;
ill-devised,
ill-imagined,
ill-judged,
ill-contrived,
ill-conducted;
unguided,
misguided;
misconducted,
foolish,
wild;
infelicitous;
penny wise and pound foolish
etc.
(inconsistent)
608.
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5 awkward
Hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment:
— Awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion.
— An awkward pause followed his remark.
synoniemen: embarrassing, sticky, unenviable.
Roget 704:
difficult,
not easy,
hard,
tough;
troublesome,
toilsome,
irksome;
operose†,
laborious,
onerous,
arduous,
Herculean,
formidable;
sooner said than done;
more easily said than done,
easier said than done.
difficult to deal with,
hard to deal with;
ill-conditioned,
crabbed,
crabby;
not to be handled with kid gloves,
not made with rose water.
awkward,
unwieldy,
unmanageable;
intractable,
stubborn
etc.
(obstinate)
606;
perverse,
refractory,
plaguy†,
trying,
thorny,
rugged;
knotted,
knotty;
invious†;
pathless,
trackless;
labyrinthine
etc.
(convoluted)
248;
intricate,
complicated
etc.
(tangled)
59;
impracticable
etc.
(impossible)
471;
not feasible
etc.
470;
desperate
etc.
(hopeless)
859.
embarrassing,
perplexing
etc.
(uncertain)
475;
delicate,
ticklish,
critical;
beset with difficulties,
full of difficulties,
surrounded by difficulties,
entangled by difficulties,
encompassed with difficulties.
under a difficulty;
in a box;
in difficulty,
in hot water,
in the suds,
in a cleft stick,
in a fix,
in the wrong box,
in a scrape
etc.
n.,
in deep water,
in a fine pickle;
in extremis;
between two stools,
between Scylla and Charybdis;
surrounded by shoals,
surrounded by breakers,
surrounded by quicksands;
at cross purposes;
not out of the wood.
reduced to straits;
hard pressed,
sorely pressed;
run hard;
pinched,
put to it,
straitened;
hard up,
hard put to it,
hard set;
put to one's shifts;
puzzled,
at a loss,
etc.
(uncertain)
475;
at the end of one's tether,
at the end of one's rope,
at one's wit's end,
at a nonplus,
at a standstill;
graveled,
nonplused,
nonplussed,
stranded,
aground;
stuck fast,
set fast;
up a tree,
at bay,
aux abois [Fr.],
driven into a corner,
driven from pillar to post,
driven to extremity,
driven to one's wit's end,
driven to the wall;
au bout de son Latin;
out of one's depth;
thrown out.
accomplished with difficulty;
hard-fought,
hard-earned.
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6 awkward
Socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner:
— Awkward and reserved at parties.
synoniemen: ill at ease, uneasy.
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